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BAFE vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and SPYM hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points; SPYM is far larger, $153.9bn against $1.7bn.

BAFE vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFESPYM
Expense ratio0.54%0.02%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$153.9bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and SPYM hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE SPYM
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 5.79%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 3.72%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 8.33%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 3.05%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.45%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 2.37%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 7.42%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.42%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.95%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.69%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.52%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.50%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
Amer Sports, Inc 1.80%
SAP SE 1.49%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 1.34%
US FOODS HOLDING CORP. 1.33%
WATSCO, INC. 1.20%
Nomad Foods Limited 0.48%
Only in SPYM
BROADCOM INC 2.56%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
ELI LILLY + CO 1.40%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.31%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.92%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −5.0 pts vs VOO 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 99.8%
Holdings 44 506
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.7bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

BAFE and SPYM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BAFE

BAFE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 44 positions, with the top ten at 42.2%.

About SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BAFE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BAFE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗BROWN website ↗SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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